Want to know about the advantages of WordPress

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hi,
I am Tamil. I started by business in two months ago. I would like to build a new website in WordPress platform. I would like to know the advantages of WordPress platform. If you know then you may suggest.
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  • Profile picture of the author Omer Arslan
    Tamil... WordPress have 2 big benefits... You can get thousands of free themes to start your business website and You can also get free plugins to enhance your business website's functionality.
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  • Profile picture of the author anwerashif
    Hi Tamil, there are many advantages and disadvantages of WordPress. Based on your requirements or features for your business WordPress could be awful or grateful. From my personal experiences of blogging, marketing and client site building, here are five advantages of WordPress:
    • Best for SEO - 80% SEO Generated
    • Great for content management
    • Have tons of free templates and plugins
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  • Profile picture of the author blackli0n
    Biggest advantage: everybody's using it so there's tons of helpful guides and virtually every designer and programmer can help you build it, maintain it, fix it, etc.

    But the reason why everyone's using it. It's free, easy to use, and tons of beautiful themes and powerful plugins that can give your site any look and functionality you want. Everyone from small one-man sites to even big corporate sites are using it.
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  • Profile picture of the author GrowthforLife
    The biggest advantage of Wordpress is the ease of use. You can pretty much do most things with little external help, which is a good thing because external help often comes at a cost (in the sense of time or money spent).
    You can also find countless free plugins to help you add new features and dimensions to your site. All it takes just a few days (or weeks, it depends) to get comfortable, and you will be good to go by yourself. There are tons of free tutorials to help you get started.
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  • Profile picture of the author janurmas
    Wordpress is the most popular CMS, but it doesn't mean Wordpress is the best. There are other good CMSes such as Joomla and Drupal. They are good CMSes too. But the benefits of using Wordpress:
    1. User-friendly
    2. Tons of free plugins
    3. tons of free themes
    4, easy customization
    5. Helpful community to help you in case you get confused.

    I have been using Joomla and Wordpress for almost eight years. I have been learning how to use, design, and develop them.But do you know, Joomla is a powerful CMS, but it's hard to get really free yet good plugins, modules, and components.Most of them are paid, and when I got problems or confusion, they won't help me in detail, but they use some programming words that I don't know. Meanwhile, using Wordpress is fun. There are many community forums out there willing to help, give suggestions and ideas to help.
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  • Profile picture of the author jhonewill
    1) Using Wordpress CMS anyone can easily start own website without having technical knowledge.
    2) Free and paid themes simple installation.
    3) Theme customization using admin panel.
    4) For custom features use free and paid plugins like contact form, etc.
    5) For website SEO use plugins like yoast.
    6) If you are professional programmer then you can build eCommerce portals by using Wordpress CMS.
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  • Profile picture of the author JagdishGoswami
    • It's cost-effective.
    • Readymade SEO
    • Choose your own domain
    • Backup and Restore anytime using Blogvault
    • Increased site security
    • Easy to update site from anywhere
    • Easy to Customize
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  • Profile picture of the author lisabarry
    It can extend the functionality of your site with plugins and the design of your website is 100% customizable
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  • Profile picture of the author Ahsan Habib12
    The primary features of a WordPress Internet site are twofold. First they are really easy to use, and secondly they can be designed to be recognized and relied on by the search machines which encourages an improved rating, maybe even obvious of page one.

    There are two types of WordPress Website. One is a free website hosted by WordPress themselves, many of which can rank very high in the search engines if they are suitably keyword rich. On the other hand the disadvantage of WordPress websites hosted by Worpdress is that if you infringe their conditions of service they will erase the site. On some occasions you infringe their conditions in error or without knowledge you were doing anything wrong. However the features of WordPress Websites, hosted by WordPress is the fact you get a feel for the application and its possibilities before you place up your own site.

    WordPress itself is a web design software that is free to download and when hosted by yourself can have so much more potential. By using the free hosting an individual get the possibility to have many extras (WordPress Plugins). These kinds of particular plugins can change an ordinary site into a major player online.

    Advantages of a Worpdress Website (when hosted on your own server) - 8 Tips...

    1 ) The WordPress Software itself is built to be Google, Yahoo and Ask friendly. That's 95% of the search engines protected.

    2. Strangely, opposite to several website software, the end style of the site just isn't fixed. You may have a choice of 1000's of free website themes, plus countless numbers more designs that can be purchased. In the event you every wanted a singing and dancing website, WordPress is your answer.

    3. WordPress Plugins... There are 20, 000+ These are small inclusions in the website that make the WordPress Platform transform into a wonderful spectacle. If you needed to display Google Maps, or have a form for collecting emails, or import RSS Feed Content material into your sidebar, or have a shopping basket. Each requirement you want will have a tool that will do it. 80% of the plugins are free.

    4. Website server scripting isn't necessary. The consumer software is simple to use. There is the opportunity of managing the site slightly, albeit more advanced.

    5. Although the search engines like google area similarity between sites, you are able to make your site unique with small design tweaks, color changes and graphics.

    6th. Before you set the own site, you'll need to select a domain. This kind of very process may help catapult you to the top of search search engines. Too many people think the domain name needs to be similar to their business name. Not! You maybe called 'Love Family pet Dogs'; but your domain would be better called 'Dog Walking in Fresh York'. You can have the logo as Take pleasure in Pet Dogs, but it is exactly what you'd expect people to type into the search box to find your business that's important. Yet if everyone understands your enterprise name (branding)... In that case select that for the website name.

    7. WordPress Pinging. Unlike many other web design software, WordPress has an inbuilt notification system to tell the search engines that a site has been added. This can be called 'pinging'. So every new page or post you make, WordPress explains to as many pinging services as you choose to input; and then in turn they notify Yahoo, Yahoo and Bing.

    almost 8. WordPress Interaction... Certainly one of the key Advantages of WordPress Websites is the facility to interact with visitors. The software possesses its own commenting system. A novice with a little help could create a WordPress site within 15 minutes if they had a few basic instructions. The WordPress website has some videos to look at, nevertheless they really don't go into great depth. In the event you wanted all the Advantages of a WordPress Website you may want to follow an expert who will offer video and pictorial illustration.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Henry01
    WordPress a best CMS for creating the content based website. More plugins available to make your website functionality easy, user-friendly, affordable, more themes available and much more.
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  • Profile picture of the author Martin smith
    Wordpress is the most popular CMS technology and it is open source technology. Using Wordpress we can easily design and develop a website and it is user friendly. In Wordpress we can have so many responsive themes and plugins and we can easily customize ..
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  • Profile picture of the author bananacode
    From the advantages I can highlight the following:
    1. It is easy to build.
    2. It is easy to operate if you are not dedicated to coding, the admin side is pretty easy.
    3. It is cost-effective.
    4. If you still thinking of not building it from scratch, there are some advantages about WordPress themes as well here: http://sliceart.com.ua/blog/how-to-c...-your-business
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Doyle
    Yes, its pretty much been said above. It's very easy to learn with many plugins to help you out
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  • Profile picture of the author Lemosys
    There are many advantages of building a website in WordPress. Some of which are-
    1. Responsive web design-
    Today, having a responsive design is must with a mobile traffic predicted to surpass ususal system's traffic.
    2. Cost effective solution-
    The development of a business website in WordPress is cost effective and even, its maintenance is relatively less costly than any other platforms.
    3. Best social media integration-
    WordPress offers ultimate social media integration with the social networks.
    4. Better site security-
    With the WordPress, the security of a site can be fortified and also, you can make it hacking proof.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dony Kumar
    Hello,

    Simply i have share the real advantage of WordPress..

    "Less budget but high quality services you will get from WordPress" Doesn't better than WordPress.

    Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author WPCycle
    Many great points above, but choosing the right host does make a difference. The last thing you need is to put all your effort into a WordPress website, only for it to take 7 to 10 seconds to load, when it could load within one second or less.
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  • Profile picture of the author v3locimD3sign
    First of all good luck for your newly started business, All the best. What kind of business you started and what sort of theme you are looking for? Wordpress is one of the best option these days. Plenty of required plugins you can find easily for free as well as theme. Just need to hire someone to adjust your theme according to Ur requirements.
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  • Profile picture of the author wrath host
    Advantages
    Easy, easy, easy ...
    WordPress does not require PHP nor HTML knowledge unlinke Drupal, Joomla or Typo3. A preinstalled plugin and template function allows them to be installed very easily. All you need to do is to choose a plugin or a template and click on it to install.
    It's good choice for beginners.

    Community
    To have a useful support, there must be a large community of users, who will be a part of e.g. a discussion board.

    Plugins
    The script has over dozen thousand of plugins available on its website. They are the reason WordPress is considered a CMS, not only a blogging script. Strong majority of the plugins is available for free.

    Templates
    On the scritp's homepage you can view thousands of graphics templates, that can change your website's look. You can find there both free and paid templates. The paid ones are often more advanced as well as more interesting.

    Menu management
    WordPress menu management has extended functionalities, that can be modified to include categories, pages, etc.

    Non-standard fields
    You can easily add fields to forms by yourself or using plugins. It will allow your blog or subpages to have additional labels, categories or descriptions.

    Disadvantages
    Modification requires knowledge of PHP
    Operations like removing a date field requires some understanding of PHP language. It is the case for most of such modifications.

    Graphics modification requires knowledge of CSS and HTML
    Although there are plenty templates available on the homepage, most of them are very alike. To create a unique look, you need to know CSS and HTML.

    Plugins and efficiency
    To compete with Joomla! or Drupal, WordPress needs plenty of plugins to be installed. Unfortunately these plugins influence the script's efficiency and not in a good way. Another problem arises when you need to choose a plugin for a specific functionality. Among all the thousands of plugins, most of them have their clones. It means, that any given functionality can be added by several different plugins created by different authors. Sometimes choosing the right one may take quite some time.

    PHP security
    The script is not protected as well as other applications. It all depends on how sesitive is the additional content of your page.

    Tables and graphics formatting
    Modifying tables or graphics format can be more complicated than in other applications like Quick.Cms or Joomla.

    SQL queries
    Queries can be complex since all additional non-standard fields that make WordPress a CMS, require additional syntax.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fifium Social
    What are the advantages of WordPress?

    1. Easy to use- WordPress simplifies web development and content management for website owners. This means tech newbies can easily add new pages, manage blog posts, add products, images, and more without having to input or know code.

    2. Affordable- Website owners can cut costs with WordPress and its free themes. WordPress themes range from free to $99. Website owners will have to upload their WordPress theme onto the server, add content, plug-ins, and publish.

    3. Active Community- WordPress has more developers creating new themes and plugins than any other online software of its kind. Although WordPress has had complaints for not having a strong offline support system, the online WordPress community is incredibly helpful and available.

    4. eCommerce - When users don't have a tech background, creating an eCommerce website may be out of the question. With WordPress eCommerce themes, users will be able to sell products online using WordPress; simplifying the eCommerce process.
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  • Profile picture of the author G00GLESLAPPED
    Google loves wordpress, it's free, many themes/plugins/widgets are free, it's easy to use, it doesn't have to look like a blog, the list goes anon anon anon
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  • Profile picture of the author Lemosys
    Some of the advantages of using WordPress in your website include-
    1. Own domain name assisting users to choose a hosting provider.
    2. Using plugins, the performance can be customized.
    3. Themes are available that decides the look and navigation of the site.
    4. Easy to use features and functionalities are available.
    5. It is an open source platform for developing web applications.
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  • Profile picture of the author olympiadillinger
    Benefits of Wordpress Platforms are-
    • Mobile Responsiveness
    • Easy to Use, Easy to Update
    • Dozen thousand of plugins available.
    • Thousands of graphics templates, that can change your website's look.
    • Non-standard fields
    • PHP security
    • Google loves WordPress sites. Because they are updated more frequently.
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  • Profile picture of the author smartprofitmoney
    Originally Posted by tamil96 View Post

    hi,
    I am Tamil. I started by business in two months ago. I would like to build a new website in WordPress platform. I would like to know the advantages of WordPress platform. If you know then you may suggest.
    I build custom blogs and only use WordPress for my business, why because this is what the pros use, and large corporations all over the world, many of the best blogs are built on WordPress.

    So ya number one
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  • Profile picture of the author Sunshine01
    Wordpress has lot of customizations and plugins.
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  • Profile picture of the author logoartistdesign
    Own Domain Name. WordPress is a well known blogging platform for self hosted blog.
    Plugins. Plugins are a backbone of WordPress.
    Themes. Themes decide the look and navigation of the site.
    It's totally free.
    Easy to free.
    SEO friendly.
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  • Profile picture of the author diacontes
    I wouldn't know where to start, there are just too many advantages.
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  • Profile picture of the author dmrson
    The advantages of wordpress are the stable and well coded code base, the strong community to utilize for support and the very many plugins and themes (far more than any other CRM or blogging platform)
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